Magicae: Magic

Chapter Fourteen: Holly Sparks: Rescue Plan B

 Kendall and I can't find Daisy. We've pretty much given up on the idea of her being down here even. We've decided she's at the palace. And neither of us is happy about it.

"Do we have to?" I complain. I really don't want to go back to the palace. Really badly. To put it simply, it's asking to die, and I, like most sane and normal people, don't want to die.

"Do you want a younger sister?" 

I sigh, "Yes."

"Then you have to," Kendall says in her bossy big sister voice.

"You don't want to either, do you?"

Kendall looks at me and rolls her eyes, "What do you think?" she asks sarcastically.

"Quit the sarcasm, and let's get to work," I say without answering. I'm about to go look for a ladder when I remember something. I can fucking fly! I mean, I know I can fly, I just never do it. "You've flown with mom and dad, right?" I ask Kendall.

"Once, that was when I broke my arm, remember?"

I shudder.

"The trick is to control your speed," Kendall instructs as I try to figure out how to fly in the first place.

"How do I get into the air?" I ask.

"You need to move your arms like this and jump up," Kendall demonstrates the arm movement, and I copy it.

"Perfect. The jumping is pretty self explanatory, but I'll demonstrate not breaking any bones while flying right now," Kendall says, taking a deep breath. She circles her arms and jumps into the air, and once in the air she leans so she's on her stomach. She does the circles again to go up, and moves her arms to her side as she tilts to turn. While she's not doing the circles she slowly goes down but I watch her lean forward and go down faster. She doesn't lean so much that her head hits the ground first, but she does end up with a lot of dirt on her shirt.

"Considering that was your second time, that was really good," I tell her. "But is there a less dirty way to land?"

"Not that I know of; I know Mom and Dad know of a way but they're unreachable right now," Kendall says sadly. She nods to me and I gulp. 

It's my turn! I make the arm circles again and jump up, jumping higher than I ever have before. When I realize I'm starting to fall, I have to lean forward onto my back quickly and do the arm circles again. I start to go up and see a tree, since we're on the outskirts of the city, and panic.

"Turn left!" Kendall yells from behind me. I tilt my body away from the tree, but I'm too close. My right leg explodes in pain and I start to fall as it goes limp. Kendall runs towards me, but I can tell she won't catch me. My eyesight slowly fades as my body hits the ground, and my whole body explodes in pain. I can barely hear Kendall's worries, as my consciousness drifts away.

-={+}=-

"Holly? Holly? Are you a—YOU'RE AWAKE! Cinnamon, she's awake," Kendall's familiar voice slowly brings me back to consciousness. 

I begin to sit up and inspect my body for injuries, but Kendall forces me back down.

"Rest, you need rest, Holly," she insists.

"How bad are my injuries?" I ask Kendall.

"Uh," she stops to consider how to put it, "you're alive."

"And?"

"Bloody."

"And?"

"That's it," I look at Kendall. Her mouth twitches.